Short-Term Rental Insurance (VRBO, AirBnB)

Thinking of renting your home or room as a vacation rental on AirBnB, VRBO or other short-term vacation rental site? Before you do, you’ll want to make sure that you have the proper insurance coverage.

In the case renting out your home or room for money, which would be classified as a landlord-tenant situation, even if that guest is only on your property for a short time, like a weekend. While sites, like Airbnb, do offer some property protection for hosts against damage by a guest, it does not include liability insurance. A landlord insurance policy from us may cover losses for injury claims by guests, loss of belongings or damage to your home caused by a tenant.

What Sorts of Rentals Are We Talking About?

If you rent under any form of companies such as:

AirBnB

HomeAway

EasyRoommate

VRBO

Home Exchange

Hometogo

You need a specialized form of insurance policy called Landlord Protection Insurance, also known as Vacation Rental Insurance.

What does Landlord Protection insurance include?

Landlords just do not own the home or condo being rented, they may own additional items or toys such as kayaks, hot tubs, bikes etc. that tenants have access to.

A Landlord Protection insurance policy can include:

Commercial Package Policy: coverage for building(s), contents, liability, and income

Building(s): special cause of loss with replacement cost valuation

Contents: special cause of loss with replacement cost valuation

Commercial general liability insurance coverage

Income Coverage: actual loss sustained business income coverage with no time limit